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ADELAIDE'S ONLINE DAILY NEWSPAPER
Tuesday 13th October 2009
It was 15 years ago when
Vasily Ivanovich spotted
something curious poking
out of the side of a lake.
Scrambling down a reed-
lined bank, the reindeer
hunter gently coaxed the
object from the mud. ''It
was a mammoth tusk,'' Mr
Ivanovich said.
Mr Ivanovich is one of a
group of nomadic reindeer
herders who live in
Russia's remote Yamal
peninsula, a vast
wilderness of frozen tundra
in north-west Siberia.
It was here that in May
2007 another reindeer
herder stumbled on the
corpse of a perfectly
preserved female baby
woolly mammoth.
Some 9700 years after
woolly mammoths
mysteriously died out, at
the end of the last Ice Age,
mammoth remains are
emerging from Russia's
thawing permafrost.
Russian experts say that
the question of why the
mammoth died out may
shed light on our own
prospects of survival in a
world gripped by rapid
climate change. ''Dinosaurs
died out. Mammoths died
out. Maybe we're next,
''
mused Fedor Romanenko,
a mammoth specialist from
the geography department
of Moscow State
University.
''Mammoths are a window
into changing climate and
ecology,
'' he added.
Asked why he thought the
mammoths had eventually
perished, he answered:
''Two reasons. First: a
changing environment.
Second: humans.
''
Mammoths ''existed for a
long time until about 9000
years ago, then they
disappeared,
'' Dr
Romanenko said, surveying
the endless tundra.
''I want to find out why.
''
But the estimated five
tonnes of mammoth tusks
unearthed across Russia
every year are not merely
objects of scientific
curiosity. They are also big
business.
In Yakutia, Russia's far-
eastern republic,
professional collectors
scour the tundra from May
to September. Depending
on quality, a five-metre-long
mammoth tusk can sell for
tens of thousands of
dollars. -Fairfax
Mammoth clue to
climate change?
41 dead in Pakistan
suicide blast
A devastating suicide
bomb hit north-west of
Pakistan killing 41 people
Monday, as the military
geared up for an assault
on Taliban rebels blamed
for increasingly bloody and
brazen attacks.
The bomber, reported to
be aged about 13, flung
himself at a military
convoy passing through a
busy market in Shangla.
One third would pay
PM more
More than one in three
Australians believe the
Prime Minister is grossly
underpaid, according to an
Age/Nielsen poll. People
were asked, without being
told what his salary is, to
choose what they thought
the PM should be paid. The
sum of $350,000 was
selected by 44 per cent.
Some 23 per cent believed
$700,000 would be about
right, while 12 per cent
would pay the nation's
leader $1 million. His actual
salary is $340,000.
Crossbenchers hope
inquiry sparks backflip
Crossbench senators are
hoping an inquiry into the
Federal Government's
proposed changes to
student income support
will convince it to abandon
new legislation.
Labor is trying to tighten
Youth Allowance eligibility
criteria. Currently students
need to earn $20,000 in a
gap year before starting
university if they want to
claim the benefit. But
under new legislation, that
requirement would be
upped to 30 hours of work
per week for 18 months.
A Senate inquiry into the
changes will be held in
Canberra today.
NEWS IN BRIEF
BEAT THE BUS
In today's Their Say, Patrick Conlon, Minister for
Transport and Infrastructure, gives Indaily his vision
for South Australia
Tomorrow is National Ride to Work Day with businesses,
organisations and communities encouraged to put the
keys and the bus tickets away and strap on their helmets.
Harry Thring talks to Bike SA about riding to work safely.
CLICK HERE FOR
THE VIDEO